The sped-up version sounds quite horrible, though less so than I had expected. Insanely fast - would you want to play it that fast if you could ? Seems to be around mm=160. The non-cheat seems to be around mm=100 which is not so slow, considered my Peters score says mm=104 (with the footnote this comes from a great Polish Chopin-tradition).

So, it does not really need to be so much faster than you play it. You better get it just right in this tempo and then perhaps speed up just a little. It is quite stable, though I must point out you omit the LH C in bar 49 (hope I counted correctly).

The sped-up version sounds quite horrible, though less so than I had expected. Insanely fast - would you want to play it that fast if you could ? Seems to be around mm=160. The non-cheat seems to be around mm=100 which is not so slow, considered my Peters score says mm=104 (with the footnote this comes from a great Polish Chopin-tradition).

So, it does not really need to be so much faster than you play it. You better get it just right in this tempo and then perhaps speed up just a little. It is quite stable, though I must point out you omit the LH C in bar 49 (hope I counted correctly).

What edition are you guys using? The 10/1 tempo is very clearly indicated @1/4note = 176.

The sped up version (besides being hilariously manic) shows something very significant, slow tempo accuracy will serve as the foundation of a full tempo performance. To go fast, all that is needed is the easy motion of a slow tempo, and speedwork to get the muscles to turn over faster. There's no middle ground, IMO. Artistry is another story.

I'm majorly impressed in your improvement, JM. The real-time recording is far and away better than your last submission, which I believe I said was a 'mess'. Technically, you actually played the notes that Chopin wrote (except for that low B, listen to Pollini's recording, he nails it). Artistically, I'm beginning to get that sense of narrative in the bass.

Continue the slow, careful practice. Without pedal, and then with pedal. I've noticed that practicing without the pedal fine tunes coordination and helps to make a nice, smooth legato by eliminating the tendency to apply too much downward force. In small doses, 'gravity playing' will help you attain a powerful legato. Just a little weight is needed, constant, shifting, gentle weight. John Browning said something about the issue of weight, but I can't remember what it was.

American-born John Browning (1933-2003) was one of the Twentieth Century's greatest pianists. His Chopin Etudes are mind-bogglingly fast. His interpretations of Bach and Scarlatti are of the greatest magnitude.

Chris I have checked my cheap version Schmirs version it marked one corchet =176.

Hm... I wonder if that 104 is a misprint then. It suits me just fine but seems on the slow side. But 176... that is even faster than your cheat version. Can't be right either can it ? Unless all that one wants is to show off......

Chris,
easy to check the tempo vs actual playing time. Some professinals played around 2.20. Check that time vs mine Cheated version. I think mine cheated version(ingore the time 3.17 thast wrong. --during the conversion(editing) it did not change the time) And I just physically checked with my watch it did 1 m.40... 20 sec too fast. as compared to 2 m version played by the professionals.

So my cheated version is a bit too fast, just imaging slow it down by 10%.

Have you heard my latest playing on op10/1 and tell me what you think about the tempo?

Therefore, 176 is quite reasonable, but again must starts from slow playing.....

Yes the second half of your file was empty, I noticed that. I still think 176 or even 160 is way too fast but that is just an old geezer's opinion. I'd probably go for something between 120-130 if I had the ability (and the patience to practice on piece for months on end).

What edition are you guys using? The 10/1 tempo is very clearly indicated @1/4note = 176.

I have the Peters Edition (Scholtz - v. Pozniak). Not sure how authoritative that is, bit it says 1/4 = 104. It is pretty slow, I must admit. 176 though seems insane. Which edition says that PJF ?

The Urtext and Paderewski editions are marked @176.

That tempo seems impossible, it's not. Call me crazy, I play it at @176, but my brain thinks of it as whole note = mm44. I think the 'secret' to playing it at full tempo is to somehow count 16 notes as one beat. Playing 4 notes per beat slows it down. Eight notes per beat is OK, 16 or even 32 per beat would be better. This takes an awfully long time. It took me four years, alot of effort for a two minute piece, it was an obsession of mine.

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